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The sheer scale of humanitarian suffering over-stretched OCHA as well as responders across the humanitarian community.
While working in five level-three emergencies in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen as well as in two sudden onset natural disasters in Nepal and...

We often hear the phrase “coordination saves lives” in humanitarian work. But what does coordination actually mean during a crisis? For OCHA, it means bringing various humanitarian partners together under one umbrella to organize relief and recovery operations. Effective coordination saves...

Valijon Ranoev joined OCHA’s Regional Office for Caucasus and Central Asia a few months ago. His job is simple to define, but simply massive to achieve: He is responsible for helping the humanitarian community in the region – local and international NGOs, governments and the international...

The UN and its humanitarian partners have revised their global humanitarian plans for 2013, and are now appealing for nearly US$13 billion to provide assistance to tens of millions of people in 24 countries. This is the largest annual amount requested in the history of Consolidated Humanitarian Appeals....

Every spring, melting snow causes rivers across Kyrgyzstan to break their banks, flooding crops, orchards and homes. More than 3,000 rivers throughout the country pose a serious risk to people living along their banks.
The village of Taldyk sits next to the Mashrap-Say River in the south of Kyrgyzstan....